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New York Times features Gastr del Sol (Professor David Grubbs)   A New York Times feature just appeared online about Gastr del Sol, a group that Professor David Grubbs formed in 1992 and that was […]

Graeme Steele Johnson featured in the Washington Post DMA clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson’s research on and reconstruction of Charles Martin Loeffler’s octet was recently featured in this […]

Professor David Grubbs awarded the Berlin Prize   Prof. David Grubbs was honored with a 2024-25 Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. Congratulations to Professor Grubbs!  

Peter Clark appointed to the New Zealand String Quartet   Congratulations to Peter Clark, CUNY Graduate Center DMA violinist, who has been named to the New Zealand String Quartet, the country’s leading chamber ensemble! See below for more details.  

Nicolas Namoradze Appears in La Scena Musicale, Le Devoir and more Graduate Center alumnus Nicolas Namoradze (DMA Performance) has been making headlines with international performances in the last month. […]

Professor Kofi Agawu Awarded by the IMS Prof. Kofi Agawu was honored with the 2023 the Guido Adler Prize by the International Musicological Society. Congratulations to Professor Agawu!  

Professor William Rothstein's Award Prof. William Rothstein was honored with the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thompson Special Recognition Award for his book, The Musical Language of […]

Angélica Negrón Feature   Former Graduate Center composer Angélica Negrón’s Merkin Hall concert in January was covered on the Graduate Center’s website, fo […]

Professor Ursula Oppens Featured in the Times CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Distinguished Professor Ursula Oppens was recently featured by the New York Times, in […]

Professor Joseph Straus's new podcast Prof. Joseph Straus has just released the podcast, Twenty Stravinsky Analyses!   Each episode digs deeply into a short passage from […]

New SMT-V Article featuring GC authors! Three members of the Graduate Center Music Department community—Poundie Burstein (faculty), Quynh Nguyen (alumna), and Jennifer Roderer ( […]

Upcoming premiere of Toccata by Cynthia Lee Wong (Ph.D., 2016)   The Florida premiere of Cynthia Lee Wong (Composition Ph.D., 2016)’s Toccata (2023), dedicated to Samuel Adler, will be performed b […]

Han Chen's Ligeti album recognized by the New Yorker Graduate Center pianist Han Chen’s recent album of Ligeti piano music was among The New Yorker’s Notable Classical Recordings of 2023, handpicked by Alex Ross. Congratulations!

Han Chen appears in the New Yorker, New York Times, and more GC pianist Han Chen has been making headlines with his recent “Infinite Staircase” concert at the National Sawdust on September 24. Some  […]

Professor Scott Burnham named an Honorary Member of AMS   Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Scott Burnham, who was recently named an Honorary Member of the American Musicological […]